I made bread this weekend and made a very important discovery.  Bread takes a long time to rise and so it is helpful to have other things to do while you wait.   Well, I decided to run errands and it took me longer than I expected.  So…when you leave bread too long to rise it gets kind of a crust over the top and the yeast takes on a slightly sourdough taste.  It really was still edible, but not great.  Really good for garlic toast–take a few slices, butter them, sprinkle a little bit of garlic salt, top with shredded cheese, and put it under the broiler.  (We do this with the heels of bread as well.)

Tony has become a rather good photo man.  This picture was from when we were in Germany a couple years ago.  We were eating on this little back porch in a village.

This is the Japanese Lilac bush in our backyard.  Ahh, spring.  I can’t wait for your return!

I’m thinking I might have to get some chickens this spring…

I did some major sewing today.  My sister-in-law, Esther, asked me to do a baby quilt up for her first nephew.  She picked the fabric out and sent it to me–it was terribly fun for me to see what fabric she picked, since she has probably never been in a quilt shop before.  I had to do the quilt in a couple days so she made up a very easy pattern.  It has that wrinkled/aged look to it which is so snug!  Hope the baby uses it until it turns to rags! 

I also did up one of my own patterns, Scandinavian Songbirds, for Esther’s mom named Ingrid.  (Cool to have the same name–I don’t meet many Ingrids)  Esther is going to Germany in a couple days so she will deliver the quilts then.

Have a wonderful week!